Installing software

[dale-s]

Hi there,
Im currently in the process of trying to make a streaming media box for my tv out of a knoppix box (ive chosen knoppix since i only have a small hdd for use, so being able to boot from the cd is a major plus). Here are the problems i cant seem to solve (im not a linux guru, so this might be basic, if it is, im sorry)

I need to install Videolan, and have the program autostart and being listening for a stream on start up.
To install Videolan the site says.

Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian woody main
deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian woody main

For a normal install, do:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install gnome-vlc libdvdcss2

But not, without doing a HDD install (hdd is smaller then a cd) how can i edit the sources.list as it resides on the cd?
apt-get update just gives a load of errors after it downloads the new info (mainly, it cant write to a read only file on the cd).

I have created a persistant home dir (starting knoppix with "knoppix home=scan")

Can anybody help me? thanks in advance.

[probono]

Hi,

you cannot install additional software with apt-get while you are running from CD. But you can install additional software from http://klik.berlios.de - videolan is not there yet, but what do you need? The server or the client? There is a very good client app called KPlayer which can play about every format that is out there.

Greetings,
probono

[dale-s]

I need the server end, the one that i steam to. Im looking to be able to sit at my comp, and say "play this" then go watch it on the tv. any ideas of how i can do it? another distro that might help? (the hdd is ~400mb, so thats why i went cd :P )..

Thanks again.

[probono]

Maybe NX? The FreeNX software is on many Knoppix CDs, or you can use klik://nx